Question

Benjamin wants to know how much tomato sauce he needs to make a 18-inch pizza. What

information about the pizza is it most important for Benjamin to know, the area or the
circumference? Explain your answer.

Answer 1

Area.

Explanation:

In order to figure out how much sauce Benjamin needs, he would want to know how much dough he needs to cover, which would be area. It wouldn't be circumference because pizza sauce does not only go around the edge of the pizza.